Dr. Azfar Sheikh, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Sheikh
Dr. Azfar Sheikh is a student in an organized health care education/training program specialist in Houston, TX, with 12 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Sheikh performed 3,411 Medicare services across 1,866 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Sheikh received a total of $16,154 from 29 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 199 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in student in an organized health care education/training program. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Sheikh is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 703 | $51 | $100 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 381 | $98 | $301 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 332 | $45 | $203 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 272 | $39 | $75 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 215 | $7 | $20 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 164 | $11 | $36 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 137 | $100 | $321 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 128 | $140 | $495 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 117 | $148 | $485 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 115 | $65 | $199 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 110 | $55 | $194 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 83 | $146 | $450 |
| Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | 72 | $600 | $2,358 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | 69 | $1,951 | $3,014 |
| Nuclear medicine study of heart muscle blood flow by pet | 64 | $137 | $1,078 |
| Principal care management services for a single high-risk disease, first 30 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | 62 | $50 | $100 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 43 | $87 | $319 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 42 | $197 | $606 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 41 | $126 | $456 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 40 | $140 | $436 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 39 | $10 | $32 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 34 | $114 | $419 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 33 | $12 | $100 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 32 | $226 | $2,631 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 28 | $132 | $484 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 17 | $630 | $1,553 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 16 | $363 | $1,190 |
| Heart rhythm recording, analysis, report, review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 11 | $216 | $663 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 11 | $171 | $557 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (61%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 3% for student in an organized health care education/training program in TX.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Sheikh is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 5% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 3% of TX peers.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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